Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 30, 2023 08:25 PM
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History
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Mithras
The so-called Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is located in ancient Ostia near to the theater-cum-quadriporticus complex. The so-called Quattro tempietti screen it from the Decumanus Maximus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981681540
41.7557779172, 12.2904937479
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mitreo delle Sette Sfere (II,VIII,6) (AD 100 - AD 299) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (English, AD 1800 - AD 2099)
- Mitreo delle Sette Sfere (Italian, AD 1800 - AD 2099)
- Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres part of (analytical) Regio II, Ostia Antica (unspecified date range)
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shrine
Pleiades
Rodolfo Lanciani excavated the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres in 1886. He discovered the building's foundation courses and mosaic pavements. On the basis of the brickwork technique, the shrine was dated to the Antonine period. The superstructure evident today is modern, built in order to protect the mosaic floors.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981681540> [accessed: 03 May 2024]
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